Top 10 Angel Investors in Jordan (June 2026)

In the year 2000 Samih founded and became the CEO of Maktoob.com the world’s first Arabic email and largest Arab Online community. In 2005 Samih cofounded Souq.com, the Arab Worlds largest ecommerce site. In 2009 Maktoob was acquired by Yahoo! and in 2017 Souq.com was acquired by Amazon in the largest technology acquisition deals in the history ofthe region.Samih is currently the Chairman of Jabbar Internet Group (Jabbar.com). Jabbar today is one of the leading investors in Internet and technology companies in the region.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 19
Round size: Seed $500k–$6M; Series A $1.5M–$7.1M
Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

Kitchenful — Kitchenful is an app for personalized recommendations of recipes, which gets users the ingredients delivered from their local supermarket. Kitchenful's algorithm always suggests the most popular recipes that are 40% cheaper than meal kits.
Mealplanet — Mealplanet is an online marketplace for ordering and managing meal plans from various providers.
Jusoor Labs — Jusoor Labs is an edtech startup that provides interactive simulations and virtual labs for students and educational institutions.

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Fadi Ghandour is based out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the Co-Founder of Wamda. Fadi previously worked at Aramex as a Co-Founder. Fadi Ghandour attended The Wharton School.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Kenya

Investor stats

Total investments: 33
Round size: Seed $250k–$9.5M; Series A $1.3M–$10M; Series B $2.5M–$18M
Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

Viki — Watch Asian TV shows and movies online for FREE! Korean dramas, Chinese dramas, Taiwanese dramas, Japanese dramas, Kpop & Kdrama news and events by Soompi, and original productions -- subtitled in English and other languages.
Shippify — Shippify is an innovative logistics service that connects businesses with a diverse network of drivers & 3PLs to provide same day delivery . Shippify is backed by strategic leading venture capital and angel investors. Currently available in Brasil, Mexico, Chile and Ecuador. The company was founded in 2014.
Matternet — Matternet is a technology platform for urban aerial delivery. In March 2017, Matternet became the first company in the world to be authorized for urban drone delivery operations in Switzerland. In May 2018, the company was selected to participate in the FAA's Drone Integration Pilot Program for operations in North Carolina and San Diego. InMarch 2019, Matternet and UPS announced a partnership to implement drone delivery services at US hospitals and launched the first ongoing revenue drone delivery operation in US history at Wakemed in North Carolina.Founded in 2011, Matternet is headquartered in Mountain View, California

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Mahdi Mwas

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Classifieds, Marketplace
Stage:Angel
Geography: Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Muyawama — We make hiring local, trusted service professionals ridiculously simple - and help people use the time saved to pursue their passions

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Zuhair Shammout

Investment focus

Industry: Virtualization, Food and Beverage
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Kitchefy — The all-in-one restaurant management system & POS to streamline your operations, manage inventory, order online and boost sales.

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Ali Hoja

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Classifieds, Marketplace
Stage:Angel
Geography: Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Muyawama — We make hiring local, trusted service professionals ridiculously simple - and help people use the time saved to pursue their passions

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Mufleh Akel President at Akel consulting.

Investment focus

Industry: Virtualization, Food and Beverage
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Kitchefy — The all-in-one restaurant management system & POS to streamline your operations, manage inventory, order online and boost sales.

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Usama Fayyad is the Chairman and Founder of Open Insights and a Co-founder and Chairman at IADSS. He was a Co-founder and CEO at DMX. Usama attended the University of Michigan and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Investment focus

Industry: Local, Retail, Fashion
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: India, Jordan, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Series A $4M–$7.9M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

MiNeeds — MiNeeds is an online marketplace for local services.We are reinventing the way consumers connect with local professionals (accountants, photographers, cleaners,...).Post your need, relax, and we'll get you up to 4 competitive quotes from the right local service providers. We save you time and effort and we help small businesses growtheir income. Seems like a win-win!
MarkaVIP — Markavıp is an exclusive, invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle Eastern market. The website specializes in offering flash sales to its customers.Markavıp was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry. The website enjoys memberships from over 3 millionexclusive members across eight Arabic speaking countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Oman.
Snapmint — Snapmint facilitates simplified, fairly-priced and hassle-free EMI options without a Credit Card.

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Pankaj Jain is the Managing Partner at Saka Ventures. Previously, he was a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.Pankaj spent over12 years in the Financial industry at firms such as JP Morgan, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and GlobeOp Financial Services in various operational roles including enterprise mortgage risk management, application development, market data infrastructure, trade management, pricing infrastructure and customer service areas.In 2007, Pankaj’s adventures in India began, where he started a company building an on-demand, employment marketplace for the under-served. In 2008, Pankaj became a co-founder of the HeadStart Network Foundation and the led the efforts in Delhi. In late 2010, he began setting up Startup Weekend in India.

Investment focus

Industry: Analytics, SaaS, Mobile
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, India, Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 19
Round size: Seed $50k–$1.8M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Atlan — The missing context layer for enterprise AI. Atlan gives every AI agent the data graph, business logic, and governance to act on trusted data.
Logic Roots — Logic Roots is an education company that provides a social math game and equipment for kids. It offers math board games and math worksheets it helps children to practice in mathematics. Logic roots help reinventing how kids practice Math. Through board games, math activities and apps. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mumbai
Headout — Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace that helps travelers discover & book the most incredible tours, activities, events & local experiences in town for the next 24 hours at incredible prices. All it takes is 3 taps and 60 seconds.

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Karim Kawar is the president of Kawar Group, and the former ambassador to the United States and Mexico from Jordan. He is also chairman of Kawar Energy and of IrisGuard. As ambassador to the United States, Kawar led the EDAMA Initiative, Jordan's blueprint for a green economy and was appointed by Royal Decree to the Board of Trustees of theKing Abdullah II Fund for Development. Previously, Kawar was appointed to the Economic Consultative Council by His Majesty King Abdullah II. He is the architect of the REACH Initiative, Jordan's blueprint for a knowledge economy, founder and chairman of the Information Technology Association of Jordan, former president of the Jordan Computer Society, and a founding member of several business associations and NGOs, including AmCham and the Jordan Intellectual Property Association.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Fashion, Shopping
Stage:Seed
Geography: Jordan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

MarkaVIP — Markavıp is an exclusive, invitation-only online shopping community focused on the Middle Eastern market. The website specializes in offering flash sales to its customers.Markavıp was founded by Ahmed Alkhatib, who previously spent 12 years in Silicon Valley working in the e-commerce industry. The website enjoys memberships from over 3 millionexclusive members across eight Arabic speaking countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Oman.

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